PDF OCR Alternatives

PDF OCR is described as 'Software that converts scanned PDF documents into editable text files in just two clicks. Its OCR engine operates 92% faster than other software, giving users the option to select specific pages for OCR' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to PDF OCR for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and iPhone apps. The best PDF OCR alternative is Adobe Acrobat DC. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try GImageReader or Tesseract. Other great apps like PDF OCR are ABBYY FineReader PDF, CamScanner, OpenScan and CopyFish.

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PDF OCR alternatives are mainly Document Scanners but may also be OCR Engines or Image Scanners.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of PDF OCR.
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PDF OCR is a software that converts scanned PDF documents into editable text files in just two clicks. Its OCR engine operates 92% faster than other software, giving users the option to select specific pages for OCR.

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PDF OCR alternatives page was last updated Sep 4, 2024
  1. Image To Text icon
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    ImageToText app allows you to extract editable ASCII text from images, and share the results by EMAIL or EVERNOTE.

    57 Image To Text alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone

    Image To Text Features

    1.  OCR
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  2. Smart Scanner icon
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    48h sale! Just take a photo of a text with phone number, e-mail address or URL and immediately call, write e-mail or open URL in Safari. Or just scan and OCR any text.

    42 Smart Scanner alternatives
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    Platforms

    • iPhone

    Smart Scanner Features

    1.  OCR
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  3. TextDetective icon
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    Text Detective finds and reads text in printed documents within seconds using your iPhone’s camera. The detected text can easily be read, edited, copied and pasted into documents, emails or other apps. It even stores all the scanned text in a history, which allows you to refer...

    41 TextDetective alternatives
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    • iPhone

    TextDetective Features

    1.  OCR
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  4. OCR Online icon
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    Advanced OCR (optical character recognition) web application for creating editable and searchable electronic files from scanned paper documents and digital photographs.

    43 OCR Online alternatives

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    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    OCR Online Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Convert images to PDF
    3.  Image to text
    4.  JPG to PDF Conversion
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  5. OCR Pro+ icon
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    A great way to scan documents and convert the information to text.

    59 OCR Pro+ alternatives
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    • iPhone
    • iPad

    OCR Pro+ Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Screenshot OCR
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  6. Anyline icon
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    Anyline is a mobile text recognition SDK enabling developers to build text recognition apps without having any knowledge about OCR.

    55 Anyline alternatives

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Xamarin Studio
    • Unity
    • Appcelerator Titanium
    • Apache Cordova

    Anyline Features

    1.  OCR
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  7. PDF Parser icon
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    Extract PDF data to JSON format with our automated tool. No manual intervention is required.

    51 PDF Parser alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. LensOCR icon
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    Extract easy and fast any text on your Mac's screen.

    61 LensOCR alternatives
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    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    LensOCR Features

    1.  OCR
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  9. Text UP icon
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    This mobile scanner can edit, send or store any text information from photography. You can just make a photo of the bill, instruction, check, buildings with signs, a page of a book or anything else, and use this text information as you like, right away or later.

    39 Text UP alternatives
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    • FreeProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android

    Text UP Features

    1.  Scanner
    2.  Image to text
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  10. Text-R icon
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    Simple optical text recognition (OCR) for Windows.

    55 Text-R alternatives
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    • Windows

    Text-R Features

    1.  PDF OCR
    2.  Image to text
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  11. SearchOCR icon
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    Searching for a specific image in a folder of thousands can be a daunting task, and traditional search engines are often limited to searching only by filename. That's where SearchOCR comes in. OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology allows our software to search for...

    48 SearchOCR alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    SearchOCR Features

    1.  OCR
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  12. OCRify icon
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    OCRify converts images and PDFs into editable digital text. Upload your file, and the text is quickly recognized, allowing you to copy, edit, or save it.

    50 OCRify alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    OCRify Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Screenshot OCR
    3.  PDF OCR
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